Thursday’s Headlines

Bills move forward; Uber, Lyft trips are replacing more sustainable options; in the 1960s, a CA legislator tried to ban gas-powered cars; More

By Melanie Curry

8:47 AM PDT on August 29, 2024

Image: Metro Library and Archive

The forgotten fight to ban gas powered cars in the 1960s (Grist)
BART to launch a Safe Trips to BART program (Mass Transit)
Bills on street safety, campus and coastal housing, entertainment zones move forward (Davis Vanguard)
Half of Uber, Lyft trips replace more sustainable options (UC Davis)
One of the AHSC grants will go to affordable housing and bus lanes near the Berryessa Transit Center (San Jose Spotlight)
There might be a last-minute bill restricting warehouses; logistics industry object (KCRA)
Where are all those freight trucks headed? (Sacramento Bee)

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Melanie Curry @StreetsblogCal

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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